Broken Horses

This is one of those rare movies that dares to take chances that could spell disaster, but instead rises to the challenge in amazing ways. The style of this film could only be described as magical realism. It's almost the real world, but just a bit beyond, hyper-realistic in a glorious way. The direction is inspired and very different from any other film I can think of. The likely reason for this is the movie was written and directed by Indian filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and his style veers far away from American tropes. The acting was awe-inspiring, particularly Chris Marquette, who was utterly mesmerizing. Anton Yelchin is, as always, breathtakingly real, and he serves to ground this film in a very human and touching way. I really loved this, it's like nothing else I've seen in recent memory. Take a chance with this one, you will not regret it. 5/5

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Jurassic World

I expected this to be terrible, but it was actually quite fun with really good action. Granted, Chris Pratt is wasted, as are most of the actors with the exception of Jake Johnson, who was great. A fun film, certainly better than Jurassic Park 2 or 3. 4/5

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Run All Night

Between the wooden acting & the inane cinematography this movie was a mess from start to finish. Ugh. 2/5

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Sinister

For a cheesy horror flick this was quite good with SO many good cat-scares. Good acting too, I'm a fan of this one. 4/5

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The Judge

Team Downey's first film is a well constructed drama with terrific performances from RDJ & Duvall. Well done. 3.5/5

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Escape Plan

The plot may be weak but Arnold & Sly together was a treat & the action on the escape was wonderful & pure. 3.5/5

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Kill the Irishman

If these very capable actors had all brought their A-games this would have been a far better film. Just OK. 3/5

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